Assam’s Viraj Sarawgi Clinches Silver at Bangkok Rapid Chess Championship
Assam’s rising chess talent, Viraj Sarawgi, a Grade 5 student at Royal Global School, Guwahati, delivered a stellar ...
Bored with chess, the world’s top player wants to remake the game
Chess grand master Magnus Carlsen is promoting a new tour that scrambles the game’s rules — and has prompted criticism from ...
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Freestyle Chess 2025: D Gukesh remains winless; Magnus Carlsen loses thrice as Javokhir Sindarov shines on Day 1
The 2025 Freestyle Chess Grand Slam began at Weissenhaus, Germany, featuring a rapid event to decide eight knockout contenders. Indian GM D Gukesh faced tough matches, while Javokhir Sindarov ...
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Erigaisi finds new boards at eSports World Cup but remains focussed on Candidates
The eSports World Cup will happen between July 31 and August 3, where the world's top chess players will be competing for a $1.5 million prize pool. Alongside Erigaisi, the 2024 world rapid ...
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Exclusive | China No. 1 Wei Yi lauds Gukesh and Praggnanandhaa, says 'blitz games shouldn't decide classical chess titles'
Excerpts: Q. Let's start with the Norway Chess lineup, how are you seeing it this time? I was surprised when I got to know the list because it has the top five players in the world and me.
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World Champion D Gukesh began his campaign at the Freestyle Chess Grand Slam tour with three draws and a lone loss, signalling that he is gradually coming to terms with the new format. R ...
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Gukesh reveals how his life has changed after becoming world’s youngest chess World Champion at 18
Dommaraju Gukesh revealed that how life has changed upside down since he has become world’s youngest chess World Champion at 18. Gukesh has defeated Chinese Ding Liren in a battle of wills that lasted ...
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Gukesh’s Freestyle Chess woes continue as world champion loses game 1 of quarters to Fabiano Caruana
Gukesh Dommaraju’s wretched form at the Weissenhaus leg of the Freestyle Chess Grand Slam Tour continued as the world champion lost the first game of the quarter-final to Fabiano Caruana with white ...
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Freestyle Chess Grand Slam Highlights: Gukesh loses to Carlsen, but advances to Weissenhaus knockouts
From this point onwards, however, it will be do-or-die for the reigning world champion in the knockouts. Here are the final standings at the end of the Round Robin stage in the Freestyle Chess Grand ...
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Freestyle Chess Grand Slam Weissenhaus Day 4 Highlights: Gukesh and Nakamura eliminated, Carlsen reaches semi-finals
It was a disappointing day for D Gukesh and the chess world champion was eliminated from the title race by Fabiano Caruana. Gukesh was forced to resign after just 18 moves in Game 2 of the ...
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World News
By Erika SolomonAaron BoxermanRawan Sheikh Ahmad and Saher Alghorra Liquor is leverage as the world careens toward another trade dispute. European tariffs on American whiskey snap back after March ...